--- title: All the people loved them, and loud was the weeping when one day, as… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the people loved them, and loud was the weeping when one day, as the three maidens sat on the rocks on the edge of the sea, dipping their feet in the water, there arose a great beast from under the waves and swept them away beneath the ocean. Who acts: people, three maidens. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, three maidens), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3027:4:54 # text = All the people loved them, and loud was the weeping when one day, as the three maidens sat on the rocks on the edge of the sea, dipping their feet in the water, there arose a great beast from under the waves and swept them away beneath the ocean. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 dipping dip VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 under under ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 swept sweep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 away away ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 51 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | all people | isles *= isle* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | all people *not said here* | the loud weeping | | | day | | tree rules | | 3 | **sit** | past | the three maidens | | | the rocks | | on the edge of the sea | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location | | 4 | **dip** | gerund | the three maidens *not said here* | isles's feet | | the water | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent foot=Theme in water=Trajectory | | 5 | **arise** | past | the three maidens *not said here* | a great beast | | the waves; there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beast=Theme | | 6 | **sweep away** | past | the three maidens *not said here* | isles *= isle* | | the ocean | | away *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent they=Theme beneath ocean=Trajectory | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/4/)